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Revision as of 14:50, 7 April 2023

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Jade Dark Wing Cluster

Jade Solahma

Formed varies
Disbanded varies
Nickname The Old Vultures
Affiliation Clan Jade Falcon
Parent Command Gamma Galaxy

This Cluster is one of the many solahma units in Clan Jade Falcon. Note that "Dark Wing" is a generic term in Clan Jade Falcon denoting solahma units,[1] so the unit described here, also known as The Old Vultures is "a" Dark Wing Cluster, despite some reports only noting them as "The" Dark Wing Cluster.

History

In 3051 the unit was assigned to Apollo when Snord's Irregulars attacked the planet in search of an SLDF facility which turned out to be Camelot Command. After defeating elements of the Cluster, they left the planet, but there was enough information still on the planet for the Dark Wing Cluster to locate the SLDF facility themselves.

The unit embarked in the Hawk Eye (an Aegis-class WarShip) along with the Diamondstar (a Union-C-class DropShip) and the Majestic Defiance (another Union-C). Surprised by the batchall issued by Snord's Irregulars, they accepted the fight, which they lost.

The survivors and the DropShips were taken by Snord's Irregulars as isorla and entered their new Clan, Clan Snord.[2]

Badly damaged in the Refusal War, Jade Solahma Cluster was included in the Coventry campaign so the commanders could see how well the new warriors were performing, using their performance as a benchmark.[3]

The Cluster guarded the Jade Falcon headquarters on Coventry. As a result of the successful raid by the 10th Skye Rangers and other Inner Sphere forces,[4] the Cluster was considered nonoperational as of 3059.

During the FedCom Civil War the Fifteenth Arcturan Guards and Archer's Avengers destroyed the Jade Solahma Cluster Trinary assigned to defend Roadside by destroying an ammunition plant.[5] Despite being described as "composed of screw-ups and "aged" Falcon warriors," the solahma warriors earned their deaths defending the plant against the more numerous Inner Sphere warriors.[6]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of Dark Wing Cluster
Star Colonel Damon 3051[2]
Star Captain Minaka 3052[7]
Star Captain Tamara 3058 - 3059[8][9][10]
Star Captain Nellis 3067[11]
Star Colonel Marcus 3085[12]

Tactics

Unknown.

Composition History

3051

Dark Wing Cluster[2]

  • Command Star
  • Trinary Alpha
  • Trinary Bravo

3052

Jade Falcon Solahma Cluster[13]

3059

Jade Falcon Solahma Cluster

FedCom Civil War

Jade Falcon Solahma Cluster

  • At least 1 Trinary.[5]

3067

Jade Solahma Cluster (Veteran/Fanatical)[14]

Note: At this point, in time the unit was stationed on Beta VII with an operational readiness of 75 percent.[14]

Notes

As a solahma Cluster, Dark Wing Clusters have been re-formed, renamed, and disbanded repeatedly as the need arises.

References

  1. Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 95
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rhonda's Irregulars, p. 52: "Jade Falcon Roster"
  3. Operational Turning Points: Falcon Incursion, p. 12
  4. Operational Turning Points: Falcon Incursion, p. 29
  5. 5.0 5.1 FedCom Civil War, p. 120
  6. Operation Audacity, ch.14
  7. Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 69
  8. The Falcon and the Wolf, p. 50
  9. Operational Turning Points: Falcon Incursion, p. 12
  10. Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 100
  11. Field Manual: Updates, p. 72
  12. Field Manual: 3085, p. 125
  13. Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 69
  14. 14.0 14.1 Field Manual: Updates, pp. 72–73

Bibliography